Frank saunders



@uiten taies, @anni @fftr- Letters PdtentNo. 74,605, dated February 1S,1868.

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:BeA it known that- I,FRAK SUiYDnRS, of Aberdeen countyofjMonroe, andState of Mississippi, Ahave invented a new and useful Improvement onVMessuring-lila.ucets, of :which 'the following is a. full, clear, and'exact description,reference bieing-liad to the'nccomponying drawingforming part-of this specification, .and in which; i

' Figure 1 represents a longitudinal section of a faucetconstructedaccording to my improvement, and

Figure 2 a'front view of the same'. Y i i Similar-letters of referenceindieate correspondingparts:V

My iinproveuient relates to faucets for running oif'liquids of variouskinds, and which are of an automatic or selffmeasuring tharact'er,adjustableat pleasure as regards the quantity they areor may be set todischarge. My invention consists in a novel combination' of means' forregulating the discharge to a fixed quantity within thea-onge` of 'aVsingle revolution of 'the'l index; also, for determining largerquantities, in which the index is made to-inove more than once round thedial; likewise, inthe deviee fordriving the index, und whereby as elffregulating character Vto suit d iiierentpressure'sis given-to the'faucet.' I

Referring to the aecouipanying drawing, A .represeuts thebody 'orstoclgof the faucet, the spigot ortaper"v end of lvwhich may haveescrew-thread out Aupon' it, for connection of the faucet with the caskor other vessel.

B B is e spiral flutter-wheel or twisted vane-propeller, arrangedwithin. the Vspigotend of the faucet, and connested-with a. sleeve,hungito turniupon. a. loose rod,v (l,V that-'is free to slidelongitudinally, earresV the plug i or'stopper, D, atits inner end,nerwhich it nrafy be Asupported by a brace, and is or may be provided witha button, m, a't its outer end. E is a. pinion on the outer` end of thesleeve a, gearing -intoan index operatingwhee'l,. ],v the spindle',;fe,ot` which has a s crewthread, d, cut upon it, fitting, say, through thedial G, and so that on turningthe'index H backwards'th'e latter nia'ybeset closer'toiorV further`from the dial, for 'a purpose hereinafterexplained.` I is a vertical slide, provided with' en aperture, e, ofinverted key-hole or other suitable vsl1ape,andvso thot,' `on the-rodGbeingiforced, inward by pressing on the button'to open the plugD, the-slide locks with 4ajreduoed portion, f, ofv the* rod C,'to hold theplug ope'n .Attached to the index is alcuni or lifter, g,'whic h; Ves.the index comes.round, actsA against or under -afprojectiorn` t, onftheslide I, to lift the latter.

The general action is as follows: Having set thejindex H on the dialGtothe quantitythe faucet is .required vto measure, thethumhis pressed uponthe button m,vforcing inwards the rod C, so as to open the plug- D, andcausing ,the slide I i t `drop .into theuneckj, andlock openthe plug,till diei-liquid, in itsiiow. through the'fauce and by itsaction onfthetwisted vanes B B4', which-rotates the pnionfEan'd wheel F, causes theindex, as it ,comes round, -to releaseby its lifter, g, acting on theprojection It, the slide from lookof Vtherod C, when the pressure of theuid on the bok o'fktlie plug D, assisted, it may be, bye.spriDgattachment, closes 4the latter'and shoots out the rod. In this'way it will be easy tol measure or run' o any quantitywithin the rangeof the dial or entire eircle of the index-travel.thereon.'f jffo measureo r' run off larger quantities, involving, say, two or moreconpleterotations of the index, the latter should first be turned back,and simultaneously drawn'outwards, so esto ause the screwd, up'onl itsspindle, to enter and be worked through a female-threaded orifice, s, inthe dial a. suiiicie'nt distance-to cause, in one or more subsequentforward rotatihs of the indeinthe lifter g to clear' the projectionhofthe slide. I, and so that net until-or during a further or4 continuedrotation of the index, is the latter, by .the` screw d, being'drawninwards toward the dial, and out of the orifice s, again causedby itsliftervg, to

trip 'the s ld'e I'and release the rod C, when the plug D isvautmatioslly closed as before,- whch occurs when the requiredjquantityhusbeen'measured or run oi from the' fafioet; i

The twisted vaneB B` itfis preferred 'to make thinandiicxible, so thatwhen 'the pressure of iiuidis great it yieldsl at B! more than at B,thereby increasing the twist, whicluhas a'. tendency to retardthecurrent and faucet.

What ishere'clanied, and desired to beVsecured-by Letters Patent, isf-1-v 1. The pro'peller'B, sliding rodC, with itsplug D'and looking slideI,'in combination with a faucet, substantially as and for the purpose set forth. i

2.Tlie combination of thelifter G, looking slide I,' and screw d,arranged to operate essentially as specified.

increase the' motion of the mechnnismwliich it serves to operate, thus-giving' a. seltreguluting character to the ,3. The iexible, spiral, 0rtwistedf'v'unes B- Bf, arranged as described, in combination with themechanismfor operatin'g'ftheiridex enclosing-devices,suhstnntiallyr-asspeoified.v v y i 'FRANK SAUN'DERS Witnesses:

